The rufous-throated solitaire (Myadestes genibarbis) is a species of bird placed in the family Turdidae.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Turdidae |
| Genus: | Myadestes |
| Species: | M. genibarbis
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| Myadestes genibarbis Swainson, 1838
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Distribution and habitat edit
It is found Jamaica and Hispanoila, and in the Lesser Antilles on Dominica, Martinique, St. Lucia, and St. Vincent. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.[2]
Names edit
The bird is nicknamed the siffleur montagne (or mountain whistler) in Dominica;[3] a local folk group of the early 1970s, the Siffleur Montagne Chorale, named themselves after it.[4][5][6] In the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico, the bird is called solitario gorjirrufo.
Taxonomy edit
The subspecies M. g. sibilans is sometimes considered a full species, as the Saint Vincent solitaire (Myadestes sibilans).[7]
References edit
- ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Myadestes genibarbis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22708596A94167274. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22708596A94167274.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
- ^ Collar, Nigel (2020-03-04), Billerman, Shawn M.; Keeney, Brooke K.; Rodewald, Paul G.; Schulenberg, Thomas S. (eds.), "Rufous-throated Solitaire (Myadestes genibarbis)", Birds of the World, Cornell Lab of Ornithology, doi:10.2173/bow.rutsol1.01, retrieved 2024-04-16
- ^ "Flora & Fauna of Dominica". A Virtual Dominica. Delphis DM. Retrieved 21 August 2012.
- ^ Dominica: Nature Island of the Caribbean. Hansib. 1989. p. 315. ISBN 1-87051-817-9. Retrieved 21 August 2012.
The tunes are very melodious and this has prompted a local chorale (The Siffleur Montagne Chorale) to adopt its name.
- ^ Honychurch, Lennox; Caudeiron, Mabel Cissie (1982). Our Island Culture. Dominica Cultural Council. p. 51. OCLC 28259054.
The Siffleur Montagne Chorale produced two longplaying records of folksongs in the early 1970s.
- ^ "Jean Lawrence- Mathurin, Dominica's folk music icon: her music lives on". The Sun. 20 April 2020.
- ^ Lawrence, 1878.
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